Rabi Crop Sowing in Maharashtra Will Be Closely Monitored

28-Nov-2025 08:50 PM

Mumbai. Maharashtra received extremely heavy rainfall during the southwest monsoon season, filling rivers, streams, and dams and lakes to the brim. Many fields were submerged, raising fears of a decline in Kharif production.

In many low-lying areas of the state, fields are either still waterlogged or have high moisture content, making it difficult for farmers to sow Rabi crops.

Since Maharashtra is also an important producer of Rabi crops, where wheat, sorghum, maize, and chickpea are cultivated extensively, the sowing status and progress are being closely monitored. Sowing of almost all Rabi crops has begun, but the pace of oilseeds is slow.

Maharashtra is not among the top Rabi oilseed producing states, as mustard production is either negligible or negligible. However, chickpea is produced extensively.

Data till November 24 shows that the total production area of ​​Rabi crops in Maharashtra has increased from 24.23 lakh hectares last year to 26 lakh hectares this time. Under this, the area of ​​cereal crops remained the same as last year at 13.46 lakh hectares and there was no significant increase in the area of ​​oilseed crops,

but the area of ​​pulses crops jumped from 10.59 lakh hectares to 12.35 lakh hectares. Under this, especially the production area of ​​gram increased from 10.32 lakh hectares to 11.92 lakh hectares and the area of ​​other pulses improved from 27 thousand hectares to 43 thousand hectares.

Among cereal crops, the area under sorghum has declined from 10.01 lakh hectares last year to 8.28 lakh hectares this time, but the area under wheat has increased from 2.09 lakh hectares to 3.02 lakh hectares, and the area under maize has increased from 1.34 lakh hectares to 2.11 lakh hectares. Sowing of various crops is still ongoing there.